ID: 700008670 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008670	Record Type: Movable Work
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Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (illuminated manuscript; illuminator: Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561); around 1525-1530; cover hardwa...; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 83.ML.115; Ms. Ludwig IX 19)

Note: 337 folios + 6 flyleaves, 42 full-page miniatures, 35 historiated borders, 12 decorated borders, 74 decorated initials. The esteemed Flemish artist Simon Bening lavishly illuminated this prayer book for the powerful Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Elector and Archbishop of Mainz and an ambitious patron of the arts. Personal prayer books played an important role in the daily spiritual life of clergy and laity alike. In the later Middle Ages, as the devout sought a more personal and intimate approach to spirituality, their books became increasingly individualized in their content and decoration. The text of this book is a collection of sixty-two devotional prayers, the majority of which focuses on Jesus' life and Passion. It was copied from a book printed in Augsburg in 1521, a German translation of the original Latin text. The Cardinal, however, chose to commission a hand-written and illuminated copy, probably preferring the luxuriousness of parchment and color-saturated images to the paper and monochromatic woodcuts of printed books. He selected an artist who could bring out the rich narrative and subtle psychological elements in the story of Christ's Passion. The sequence of forty-one brilliantly colored, full-page miniatures that Bening produced for the manuscript was designed to evoke an intense empathic response as the viewer contemplated Jesus' suffering.

Titles:

Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ms. Ludwig IX 19 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: volume

Work Types:

illuminated manuscript [300265483] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents))

prayer book [300026476]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, religious texts)

book [300028051]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: around 1525-1530; cover hardware 16th century; velvet cover, 19th century

Creator Display:

illuminator: Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561) [preferred,VP]

illuminator Bening, Simon (Flemish illuminator, ca. 1483 - 1561) [500115179]

patron Brandenburg, Albert of, Cardinal (German cardinal and patron, 1490-1545) [500341656]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 83.ML.115; Ms. Ludwig IX 19

Display Materials: tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment bound between wood boards covered with red velvet

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gilt paint [300343596]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

	wood board [300162666]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, <wood by product>)

	velvet (fabric weave) [300133711]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>, <textile materials by weaving technique>, pile weave (textile), warp pile weave)

Dimensions: leaves: 16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.); justification: 10.1 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	prayers (literary genre) [300026452]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	German (language) [300388344]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Painted fol. 336, in border: "SB" (initials of Simon Bening).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. Ludwig IX 19	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)